Today marks an important milestone. I'm officially six months post-chemo. I'd be lying if I told you it's been all sunshine and lollipops. The recovery is so frustratingly slow. I'm back to work full time as of March 1st. But just in the last couple weeks I'm finally starting to have energy in … [Read more...]
Modern Beef Production Uses Less Inputs
The data comes from Animal Agriculture Alliance's 2021 Sustainability Impact Report, which was released in spring of 2021. … [Read more...]
Here’s What’s So Funny About the Regenerative-Agriculture Trend
Everyone is so excited about regenerative agriculture. The term is a little amorphous, but its focus is soil health. If we can improve soil health, we can grow higher-yielding crops, reduce inputs like fertilizer and pesticides, and sequester carbon. So practices like no-till, cover crops, and crop … [Read more...]
40 Million American Jobs
The recent Feeding the Economy report reveals that the US food and agriculture sectors are economic powerhouses! They represent 13 percent of all US jobs. These sectors contributed more than $2 trillion in wages in 2020. And nearly $797 billion in taxes. Food and agriculture contribute $7 trillion … [Read more...]
Bee Careful: Walmart is Telling Farmers How to Farm
Walmart announced that its fresh produce suppliers are going to face some new requirements aimed at protecting bee populations. The mega-retailer invoked images of a world without orange juice, strawberry salads, and apple pie in a press release detailing the coming changes. It stresses that all of … [Read more...]
Busting Myths on Organic Seeds
Do you need to purchase organic seeds for your garden? It seems like every year the garden space gets more and more entrenched in silly gimmicks like this. And I'm told social-media garden groups are the worst. So let's clear up some myths. 🌱 Whether a seed is labeled organic or not depends on … [Read more...]
Beer Ingredients
And all of those ingredients start on the farm! … [Read more...]
The Club
I finally had the opportunity to safely visit the dentist since 2019 (first it was the pandemic, then it was chemo). The receptionist greeted me as I entered the building. She was giving me total hair envy with her shoulder-length wavy, blonde hair. After checking me in she handed me some documents … [Read more...]
Snack Bar Debuts with Regeneratively Grown Label. Do We Care?
As soon as "regenerative agriculture" became trendy, it was only a matter of time until someone used it as a food label. Savory Institute launched its Land to Market Ecological Outcome Verification. It's meant to "measure the land as a living system," and focuses on soil health, biodiversity, and … [Read more...]
Food Brings Everyone to the Table
Happy National Ag Day! Today we officially celebrate American agriculture. This year's theme is "Food brings everyone to the table." Every meal starts on the farm! Food is such a personal thing. Each of us makes daily decisions about what we put in our body to nourish and fuel us. And because … [Read more...]
